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‘Then I’ll provide pudding We’ll need to stop at a supermarket on the way back to your place’

‘Maddie, you don’t need to do that You’re uest’

She put her hands on her hips ‘I’ to cook for you in return So either you let , or I don’t have dinner with you Your choice’

‘And you’re bossy,’ he said with a sht If you insist’

‘I do’

‘Then thank you’

They stopped off at a supermarket so Madison could buy wine and some panna cotta Back at Theo’s house, he cooked therilled lamb with herb butter, new potatoes, carrots and broccoli spears, clearly e, Madison thought, how in such a short space of time he’d come to know her far better than her ex-husband had in the whole tiether If only…

She suppressed the thought ‘So ill you do when Doug co back to Greece or applying for a senior consultant’s post in England?’

‘I haven’t really decided yet’ He lifted one shoulder ‘You know, this panna cotta is excellent Good choice’

Yet again he’d switched the subject away from himself In a nice way and with a s to wish that he’d let her close That he’d trust her He’d claimed that he hadn’t been hurt in a previous relationship, but why else would someone put up all those barriers and keep their work and their emotional life so compartmentalised?

He was h to the answering-machine,’ he said

But after the beep, there was a pause Then a formal, ‘Kalispera, Theo,’ followed by rapid Greek

He frowned ‘Do you mind if I take this?’ he asked

‘Of course not I’ll just be nosy with your bookshelf,’ she said with a smile